Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 11:31:58 -0600 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: lpc problem with LinkSys print servers Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030303112107.00bc55d8@mail.servplex.com>
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Greetings hackers... I have an interesting little problem. I have about 13 customers that are running FreeBSD 4.5 to 4.7 (STABLE), with 3-port LinkSys print servers. Everything seems to be working fine. For the past 3 months one of these customers was reporting printing problems on one of their printers connected to the print server. The other printers are working just fine. This particular printer is a high load printer, printing about 50 to 70 pages at a time. Occasionally, the printer just stops while printing. We have to force a 'lpc restart lsjd1p2' command several times to get the printer to restart again. Since it was only happening to one of the 13 sites, I attributed the problem to hardware... (cable, print server, printer, etc). We have since changed out print servers, printers, cables and everything I could think of, all to no avail... The printer still stops right in the middle of a print job. Just now, another customer has reported the exact same problem. They had a local hard ware tech come out and he updated firmware on the print server, installed a new print server, switched out printers, and replaced cables (both network and parallel). Nothing has changed... The printer still stops while printing large print jobs. I believe that lpr/lpd is not resetting after receiving a Busy/Ready (or Nack/Ack) signal. Has anyone else seen this problem before? Thanks in advance... Peter Elsner ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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